Police have desperately launched an urgent appeal to find a missing man that was last seen leaving a County Durham hotel at the end of last month.

Officers from Durham Police are growing ‘increasingly concerned’ for the safety of 46-year-old Keith Lynch after he went missing after being last seen leaving the Brown Horse Hotel in Tow Law at around 5.10am on June 25 this year.

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Ten days on from his disappearance, the police force has launched an appeal to locate the whereabouts from Mr Lynch, who is from Consett.

The 46-year-old is of slim build with fair hair – with Durham Police releasing an image of Mr Lynch in an attempt to find out his whereabouts.

The Northern Echo: Keith Lynch. Picture: DURHAM POLICEKeith Lynch. Picture: DURHAM POLICE

If anyone has any information that could help locate Mr Lynch, they are asked to call 101.

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